Os impactos da pandemia do Covid-19 sobre gerenciamento de resíduos sólidos de saúde em âmbito hospitalar

Abstract

In the context of the pandemic of COVID-19, the increased generation of solid health care waste can be understood as a factor related to the incidence of coronavirus cases and its impacts on society. This investigation aimed to verify the consequences of the increase in solid health care waste as well as their practices of responding to the handling of these materials,in a hospital setting, in times of pandemic. The research was developed with a quantitative-qualitative approach, through secondary sources, through the search of articles, governmental references, dissertations and a documentary analysis regarding the generation of solid health care waste was developed at the Hospital de Clínicas of the Universidade Federal de Uberlândia located in Uberlândia/MG. Studies have shown that solid health waste generation has increased expressively in the hospital with the COVID 19 pandemic. The study suggested the improvement of a continuing education program for health professionals of the establishment, in order to strengthen the knowledge about the management of solid health waste